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Environmental Leader: Fewer Americans View Global Warming as a Problem
DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: New Pew Center Poll Confirms The Effects of Climate Confusion Campaign
Climate Progress: No wonder polling shows more people don’t know the scientific evidence that humans are warming the Earth has grown stronger. Revkin stunner on NPR: “I’ve made missteps. I’ve made probably more mistakes this year in my print stories than I had before.”
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Reading "Fewer Americans See Solid Evidence of Global Warming" (Pew). Worrying. http://tinyurl.com/ylzgc4g #Copenhagen 5 days ago |
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Who'll be around for it? RT @NobleFreshEnerg: 1/2 <30s think climate=most serious prob; 1/4 >65s do; http://bit.ly/1ieYWd (via @AlexSteffen) 5 days ago |
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Interesting. RT @NobleFreshEnerg: Pew poll: 1/2 of <30s think climate=most serious problem; only 1/4 >65s do; http://bit.ly/1ieYWd 5 days ago |
Fewer Americans View Global Warming as a Problem
Environmental Leader —
October 22, 2009 Fewer Americans View Global Warming as a Problem Pew research1 About 35 percent of Americans see global warming as a very serious problem, down from about 44 percent in April of 2008, according to a new consumer survey from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. About 57 percent of the 1,500 adults surveyed from Sept. 30 through Oct. 4 think there is solid evidence that the Earth is getting warmer, compared to 71 percent who said that in April of 2008. Only 36 percent attribute global warming to human activity, compared to 47 percent in April ...
New Pew Center Poll Confirms The Effects of Climate Confusion Campaign
DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science —
... A new poll released by the Pew Research Center has found the number of Americans who believe that pollution is causing climate change ...
No wonder polling shows more people don’t know the scientific evidence that humans are warming the Earth has grown stronger. Revkin stunner on NPR: “I’ve made missteps. I’ve made probably more mistakes this year in my print stories than I had before.”
Climate Progress —
... UPDATE: Yes, bad coverage by big media, including the NYT’s Revkin, is one reason there has been a modest decline since April 2008 in the number of Americans who know that there is solid (in fact, overwhelming) evidence the Earth is warming and humans are the primary cause (see here). Big media “did” the global warming story in 2006 and 2007 when Gore’s movie came out and then throughout 2007 when the IPCC released its four major summary reports. Looking for a new angle, the NY Times and others played up the global cooling ...
Fewer U.S. Voters Believe in Global Warming, New Poll Finds
Yale Environment 360 —
Fewer Americans say they see evidence of a warming world than a year ago, and a declining percentage say they view global warming as a “very serious problem,” according to a new survey published by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. The poll of 1,500 people, conducted from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4, found that only 57 percent think there is solid evidence that temperatures on Earth have increased in recent decades, compared with 71 percent in April, 2008. While 47 percent said last year that they believed temperature change is the result of ...
Fewer Americans Believe in Global Warming, New Poll Finds
Yale Environment 360 —
Fewer Americans say they see evidence of a warming world than a year ago, and a declining percentage say they view global warming as a “very serious problem,” according to a new survey published by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. The poll of 1,500 people, conducted from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4, found that only 57 percent think there is solid evidence that temperatures on Earth have increased in recent decades, compared with 71 percent in April, 2008. While 47 percent said last year that they believed temperature change is the result of ...
Just 57% of US Residents See Evidence of Global Warming & 23% Know About Cap-and-Trade
TreeHugger —
People in the Mountain West have the lowest opinion of there being solid evidence of global warming. Colorado Springs photo: Jay Miller via flickr.
A new Pew Research poll shows that fewer US residents think there's solid evidence for global warming than in previous years, with just 57% seeing climate change evidence. That's down 20% since 2006 and down 14% since last year. Furthermore, only 3...Read the full story on TreeHugger ...
Disturbing Trends in What Americans Believe about Climate Change
Sustainablog —
... for the People & the Press released results of a major survey tracking what people believe about “Global Warming.” It is not encouraging! Across age, gender, race, political affiliation, and religion there have been declines in the number of people who believe that human activity is involved and increases in the number of people who don’t think it is happening. My own demographic (white, male, 54 years old, political Independent, Evangelical Christian) is among the most skeptical, though the Baby Boom slightly ...
How to Talk About [Whatever It's Called]
Joel Makower: Two Steps Forward —
... The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press last week reported that "There has been a sharp decline over the past year in the percentage of Americans who say there is solid evidence that global temperatures are rising. And fewer also see global warming as a very serious problem — 35% say that today, down from 44% in April 2008." ...
U.S. Public Still Unconvinced on Climate Change
Worldwatch Institute —
... The
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press survey suggests that
climate change campaigns are not adequately explaining the latest science to an
audience that needs to reduce emissions substantially in order for the world to
avoid the most damaging effects of global warming. ...
We Can’t Afford Business As Usual: 3rd Annual Opp Green Conference
Your Daily Thread —
... from all walks of life get up and get involved, Sunday’s news of the latest results of the Pew Survey on Global Warming brought reality back into perspective. According to the results, fewer Americans see global warming as a problem caused by man. In fact from one year ago, Americans who believe that there is solid evidence of Global Warming has dropped from 71% to 57%. In one year public support has significantly dropped. While it is not certain as to why this has occurred (some attribute economic concerns, or false ...
Global warming takes a toll on Arctic ecosystem
Environment —
... . Much of that carbon is held in permafrost. If the Arctic warms too much, it may not only stop absorbing carbon, it may begin emitting greenhouse gases, warming climate further. Another recent bit of climate news has little to do with climate science directly or observations of shifting ecosystems. Rather, it purports to measure Americans’ perception of climate change. A poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press released last week found that, compared to three years ago, fewer Americans believe there’s strong evidence that global warming is real.In 2006, 77 ...
U.S Public Still Unconvinced on Climate Change
Celsias Expert Articles —
... Fewer U.S. citizens consider climate change to be a "serious threat" compared to two years ago, even as scientific evidence demonstrates that the problem has become increasingly severe, according to a recent nationwide public opinion poll. ...
Clive James isn't a climate sceptic, he's a sucker
The Guardian | Environment —
... A survey last month by the Pew Research Centre suggests that the proportion of Americans who believe there is solid evidence that the world has been warming over the last few decades has fallen from 71% to 57% in just 18 months. Another survey, ...
Is it 2005 Again?
Ideal Bite Blog —
The results are in on the latest Pew global warming survey , and it looks like the citizens of the United States just lost a bunch of Mensa points: 14% fewer Americans believe there's solid evidence of global warming than did a year and a half ago. And just 35% of Americans believe climate change is a very serious issue, down from 44% in April '08. ...
Is The U.S. News Media Failing to Do It's Job on Global Warming?
Conservation Value Notes —
... The notion that the U.S. is out of touch also was borne out by the Pew Research Center survey that was widely reported on in the past few weeks. Pew found that fewer Americans (57 percent) believe that the earth's atmosphere is warming versus two years ago (77 percent). ...
Riding the Wave of a 100 Year Problem: Ocean Acidification
EcoSalon —
... Tired of hearing about global warming? I don’t think you’re alone. According to a Pew survey taken this fall, fewer Americans (35%) see global warming as a very serious problem (down from 44% in April 2008). Only 57% think there is solid evidence of warming (71% did in April 2008). ...
Apocalypse fatigue: Losing the public on climate change
The Guardian | Environment —
... While some pollsters questioned these numbers, the Pew statistics are consistent with the findings by Gallup in March that public concern about global warming had declined, that the number of Americans who believed that news about global warming was exaggerated had increased, and that the number of Americans who believed that the effects of global warming had already begun had declined. ...
